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+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# BSD 3-Clause License
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2017-2021, Science and Technology Facilities Council.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+#   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+#   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+#   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# * Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
+#   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+#   this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+# INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+# BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+# LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+# CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
+# ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Authors: R. W. Ford, A. R. Porter, S. Siso and N. Nobre, STFC Daresbury Lab
+#          I. Kavcic and P. Elson, Met Office
+#          J. Henrichs, Bureau of Meteorology
+#          A. B. G. Chalk, STFC Daresbury Lab
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.2"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "PSyclone"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+authors = [
+    {name = "Rupert Ford <rupert.ford@stfc.ac.uk>", email = "andrew.porter@stfc.ac.uk"},
+    {name = "Andrew Porter <andrew.porter@stfc.ac.uk>"},
+    {name = "Sergi Siso <sergi.siso@stfc.ac.uk>"},
+]
+license = {text = "OSI Approved :: BSD 3-Clause License"}
+description = "PSyclone - a compiler for Finite Element/Volume/Difference DSLs in Fortran"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Programming Language :: Fortran",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Topic :: Software Development",
+    "Topic :: Utilities",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX",
+    "Operating System :: Unix",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS",
+]
+urls = {Homepage = "https://github.com/stfc/psyclone"}
+dependencies = [
+    "pyparsing",
+    "fparser>=0.2.0",
+    "configparser",
+    "jsonschema",
+    "sympy",
+    "Jinja2",
+    "termcolor",
+    "graphviz",
+]
+readme = "README.md"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+doc = [
+    "sphinx",
+    "sphinxcontrib.bibtex",
+    "sphinx-tabs",
+    "sphinx_rtd_theme",
+    "sphinx-autodoc-typehints",
+    "autoapi",
+]
+test = ["flake8", "pylint", "pytest-cov", "pytest-xdist"]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"" = "src"}
+include-package-data = true
+script-files = [
+    "bin/psyclone",
+    "bin/psyclone-kern",
+    "bin/psyad",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src", "examples", "tutorial", "lib"]
+exclude = [
+    "psyclone.tests",
+    "psyclone.tests.test_files",
+    "psyclone.tests.*",
+]
+namespaces = false